How Your Car Works

March, 1984

Remember when any bonehead could understand a car? You turned the key to start the engine, which was located up front, like its predecessor, the horse. You put the car in gear, stepped on the gas and it moved. You stepped on it harder, it moved faster.No one really understood how a carburetor worked, but it was simple to find, remove and disassemble. You just cleaned all the little pieces and put it back together. If there were no little pieces left over, it was probably fixed.Alas, an increasin...